101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5171

 

Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/44 new

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that if a person under the age of 21 dies while in the guardianship of the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused, Neglected or Dependent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Department's guardianship of the person shall not terminate upon the person's death and the Department may make such arrangements as it deems appropriate for the dignified disposition of the person's remains. Provides that if funds to pay the person's funeral and burial expenses are not available from any other source, the Department may, subject to appropriation, pay the person's reasonable funeral and burial expenses. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by adding Section 44 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/44 new)
7    Sec. 44. Funeral and burial arrangements. Notwithstanding
8any other law or rule to the contrary, if a person under the
9age of 21 dies while in the guardianship of the Department of
10Children and Family Services under Article II of the Juvenile
11Court Act of 1987, the Department's guardianship of the person
12shall not terminate upon the person's death and the Department
13may make such arrangements as it deems appropriate for the
14dignified disposition of the person's remains. If funds to pay
15the person's funeral and burial expenses are not available from
16any other source, the Department may, subject to appropriation,
17pay the person's reasonable funeral and burial expenses.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.